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Sunday, February 24, 2013

It is the last week of our "Let Your Light Shine" challenge. You still have time to get your project in for the random draw for a lighthouse stamp from Art Impressions.I have two more email entries to include in the challenge. The first one is from Mel. Lovely job Mel!

The second is another card from our friend Margaret in Yorkshire.Margaret wrote....

Margaret from Yorkshire here again. This challenge has proved more difficult – however having only just bought Lindsay Mason’s Cliff Top Scene set of stamps, I couldn't let the challenge pass me by.

The inspiration for the card came from a very old song, sung by Conrad Veidt, called Where the Lighthouse Shines Across the Bay. (Anyone who used to listen to Terry Wogan on BBC Radio 2 may well remember him playing this song on a regular basis, albeit a bit scratchy). I have named my card Come Home my Love which is a line from the song.

I used a selection of Adirondack and Tim Holtz Distress Inks for the brayering and a White Gel pen to add the foam of the waves. The girl was stamped onto White shrink plastic and coloured before shrinking. As originally stamped, she stands almost as tall as the Lighthouse! The finishing touch was the fence stamped onto acetate and attached to the card to ground the girl.

We also have two beautiful lighthouse creations from the design team to share with you this week.

We only want to see finished stamped or digi scenes (no ATC's or unmounted work). If you are not sure what constitutes a scenic project, check out the information here.

You may enter up to 3 times and as many challenges as you wish. If you do not have a blog or account on Split Coast Stampers, then just email me a picture of the piece and I will add it to one of our posts.

Don't forget to add GDT to your link if you wish to be considered for a guest spot.

Sunday, February 17, 2013

This week we are continuing our theme of "Let your light shine" with projects containing a lighthouse. You may skip over to Mr. Linky, but you will miss out on all the great creations this week if you do.I have lovely card from an email - Sandy Hampson, to share with you.

Our guest designer Mrs. A is back with another wonderful card. Check out Mrs. A's blogIt's an Alien Life and leave her a little love for being our guest designer this month.

Hi I'm known to everyone in blogland as Mrs A. Mum of two with 3 grandchildren to keep me on my toes. I love to make and create and mixed media is my forte. Have only recently in the past year found a new passion for making cards and like to experiment with different types of design and adding unusual elements to my cards.

Here are the incredible lighthouse creations from the design team.....

Now it is your turn to shine your light on us all with your wonderful "lighthouse" creations. You may enter up to 3 times and as many challenges as you wish. If you do not have a blog or account on Split Coast Stampers, then just email me a picture of the piece and I will add it to one of our posts. We only want to see finished stamped or digi scenes (no ATC's or unmounted work). If you are not sure what constitutes a scenic project, check out the information here.

Don't forget to add GDT to your link if you wish to be considered for a guest spot just like Mrs. A.

Sunday, February 10, 2013

For the month of February, our challenge is to "Let your light shine!" Your project must have a lighthouse as the main image. Please also tell us how you are letting your light shine this month with your project.We have a wonderful guest designer this month - Mrs. A.

Hi I'm known to everyone in blogland as Mrs A. Mum of two with 3 grandchildren to keep me on my toes. I love to make and create and mixed media is my forte. Have only recently in the past year found a new passion for making cards and like to experiment with different types of design and adding unusual elements to my cards.

Check out Mrs. A's blog It's an Alien Life and leave her a little love for being our guest designer. The design team has made some incredible lighthouse creations to share with you, prepare to be enlightened!

Now it is your turn to shine your light on us all with your wonderful "lighthouse" creations. You may enter up to 3 times and as many challenges as you wish. If you do not have a blog or account on Split Coast Stampers, then just email me a picture of the piece and I will add it to one of our posts. We only want to see finished stamped or digi scenes (no ATC's or unmounted work). If you are not sure what constitutes a scenic project, check out the information here.

Don't forget to add GDT to your link if you wish to be considered for a guest spot just like Mrs. A.

Sunday, February 3, 2013

Light is everywhere: flashlights, light bulbs, street lamps, stadiums and playing fields. God is light: the sun, moon and stars were placed in the heavens so that we have light.We can see because some kind of light bounces off objects and reflects back to our eyes who interpret the objects. This is not a scientific explanation but it reminds us that without light we would not be able to see our surroundings or the faces of our loved ones. Without light there is only darkness.For the month of February, our challenge is to let our light shine! Your project must have a lighthouse as the main image. Please also tell us how you are letting your light shine this month with your project.

The design team has made some incredible lighthouse creations to share with you, prepare to be enlightened!Anna-Karin - Layers of Ink

Truly amazing artwork! The random winner this month will receive an Art Impressions lighthouse stamp from me. Next week I will post a picture of the stamp.

Now it is your turn to shine your light on us all with your wonderful "lighthouse" creations. You may enter up to 3 times and as many challenges as you wish. If you do not have a blog or account on Split Coast Stampers, then just email me a picture of the piece and I will add it to one of our posts. We only want to see finished stamped or digi scenes (no ATC's or unmounted work). If you are not sure what constitutes a scenic project, check out the information here.

Don't forget to add GDT to your link if you wish to be considered for a guest spot. Speaking of GDT, we will have a special guest next week!

Hello everyone! I am back with a post to proclaim our winners from the Winter Scene challenge.

I used Random.org to find our winner out of 23 entries (20 on Mr. Linky and 3 email) who is non other than #9 Deanna - Up the Creative Creek. Reach out to me Deanna and I will tell you how to obtain your free Delicious Doodles images (email address is in the upper right corner of this blog).

We had 23 fabulous Snowy Cottage Scene entries this month! They were all wonderful!The top three, in numerical order:#1 Mary Anne - Lakeside Stamping

Congratulations to all our winners!Our challenge for February is to let your light shine. The projects must have a lighthouse as the main image. Let's see what you can come up with! You can see the linky post here.Have a great day!NancyD

We would love to hear from you. Please email us with your questions and suggestions.

Purpose

This is a special focus challenge blog that provides an opportunity for paper craft designers to showcase their scenic crafting. We especially love Stampscapes, Sutter and Beeswax stamps and will showcase techniques and tutorials using these wonderful stamps.

However, there are lots of companies that provide images for background scenes and it is okay to use any of them. You may also draw or paint in your own scene background.

As long as your project is finished (no ATCs or unfinished cards), and has background AND foreground images you meet the first challenge criteria.

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Challenge Guidelines

1. Have fun and make a new finished project. No back-linking! Your project must be completed whether it is a card, box, tag, scrapbook page or whatever (no ATC's or unmounted sheets).

2. You may create and enter up to three projects for each challenge.

3. Your project must have a scene! This means there are background AND foreground elements. We are focused on the scene not cute characters.

4. Follow any additional challenge criteria for the month.

5. You must link back to this blog in your post. Please become a follower and add our badge to your blog. If you do not have a blog you may link from private forums like Split Coast Stampers or Crafters Cafe, or send me a picture of your project and I will add it to the challenge.